Mithu Chowdhury v. State Of West Bengal
August 20, 2025 20 ARDR (Allowed) CRM (M) 659 of 2025 In Re : An Application for bail under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, filed in connection with Swarupnagar Police Station Case No. 812 of 2024 dated 28/12/2024 under Section 14A(b) of the Foreigners Act and Section 12 of the Passport Act.
And In Re :
Mithu Chowdhury ... Petitioner.
Adv. Mazhar Hossain Chowdhury, Adv. Chandrima Debnath, ... for the petitioner.
Adv. Arindam Sen, Adv. Asif Dewan, ... for the State.
Report submitted by the State is taken on record. The documents submitted by the petitioner prima facie appear to be genuine.
In view of the above, this Court is of the view that further detention of the petitioner is not required and she may be released on bail.
Accordingly the prayer for bail is allowed.
The petitioner namely Mithu Chowdhury be released on bail upon furnishing bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only), with two sureties of like amount each, one of whom must be local, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Basirhat subject to the condition that she shall remain within the jurisdiction of Swarupnagar Police Station and shall intimate the address where she shall henceforth reside before the learned trial Court, Investigating officer and the officer in charge of the police station under whose jurisdiction she shall presently reside. The petitioner shall appear before the learned trial Court on
every date of hearing. She shall not intimidate witnesses or tamper with evidence in any manner whatsoever.
In the event the petitioner fails to adhere to any of the conditions stated above without any justifiable cause, the learned trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel her bail in accordance with law without further reference to this Court.
The application for bail is disposed of.
Case Diary be returned.
All parties shall act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. Urgent certified website copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance with all requisite formalities.
(Suvra Ghosh, J.)